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1. (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | physical property, |
| definition | : | any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | conformational entropy, |
| definition | : | entropy calculated from the probability that a state could be reached by chance alone (noun.attribute) |
| domain category | : | thermodynamics, |
| definition | : | the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy (noun.cognition) |
2. the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication)
| member meronym | : | latin alphabet, roman alphabet, |
| definition | : | the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe (noun.communication) |
3. a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm (noun.quantity)
| hypernym | : | conductance unit, |
| definition | : | a measure of a material's ability to conduct an electrical charge (noun.quantity) |
4. the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees (noun.linkdef)
5. an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions) (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | chemical element, element, |
| definition | : | any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter (noun.substance) |
| substance meronym | : | sulfide, sulphide, |
| definition | : | a compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive (noun.substance) |
6. 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (noun.time)
| hyponym | : | leap second, |
| definition | : | a second (as measured by an atomic clock) added to or subtracted from Greenwich Mean Time in order to compensate for slowing in the Earth's rotation (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | millisecond, msec, |
| definition | : | one thousandth (10^-3) of a second (noun.time) |
| part meronym | : | min, minute, |
| definition | : | a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour (noun.time) |
7. an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions) (noun.substance)
| derivation | : | sulfur, sulphur, |
| definition | : | treat with sulphur in order to preserve (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | sulfurous, sulphurous, |
| definition | : | of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | sulfuric, sulphuric, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or containing sulfur (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | sulfur, sulphur, |
| definition | : | treat with sulphur in order to preserve (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | sulfurous, sulphurous, |
| definition | : | of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | sulfuric, sulphuric, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or containing sulfur (adj.pert) |
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